The Representation of the People Act 2000 (c.2) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
that changed the British
electoral process
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
in four minor amendments to the
Representation of the People Act 1983
The Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It changed the British electoral process in the following ways:
* Amended the Representation of the People Act 1969.
* Stated that a convicted pe ...
:
* It removed most restrictions on postal voting and proxy voting.
* It allows
psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociative ...
to be used as a registration address.
* It requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters.
* It made provision for new regulations governing the access, sale and supply of
electoral register
An electoral roll (variously called an electoral register, voters roll, poll book or other description) is a compilation that lists persons who are entitled to vote for particular elections in a particular jurisdiction. The list is usually broke ...
s.
Subsequent amendments
Six years after the act, the Department for Constitutional Affairs introduced the Bill that became the
Electoral Administration Act 2006
The Electoral Administration Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed on 11 July 2006.
Among its main provisions, the Act:
* Provides a legislative framework for setting up a "Coordinated Online Record of Electors", kn ...
which made alterations to UK electoral processes.
See also
*
Representation of the People Act
Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, ...
External links
The Representation of the People Act 2000 as currently amended
The Representation of the People Act 2000 as originally enacted from the
Office of Public Sector Information.
Explanatory notesto the Representation of the People Act 2000 from the Office of Public Sector Information.
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2000
Representation of the People Acts
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